Network Control Module

Has anyone configured the network control module to use solarwinds NTA as a source? I have my vDS configured and sending netflow to NTA and I have NTA set up as a netflow source in VMTurbo but I'm not seeing any vpods/dpods being created. Any help/guidance is greatly appreciated.

Hi again Don - I spoke with our NCM engineering folks. I can confirm that we haven't done any development work or testing with Solarwinds NTA to date. So just to clarify, vDS is the source of the NetFlow data and VMTurbo's API connectivity is to an open source NetFlow collector known as 'nfdump'.

I believe you may be able to install nfdump on any Netflow collector and expose it to VMT via that method, but to try to make things easier we have also put together a pre-built ova containing the nfdump distribution which you can download here.

I've not had chance to test the various implementation scenarios myself but in theory using the ova should make things somewhat easier to setup. I will try to carve out some time to do some testing in the lab and report back results asap

Hi again Don - I spoke with our NCM engineering folks. I can confirm that we haven't done any development work or testing with Solarwinds NTA to date. So just to clarify, vDS is the source of the NetFlow data and VMTurbo's API connectivity is to an open source NetFlow collector known as 'nfdump'.

I believe you may be able to install nfdump on any Netflow collector and expose it to VMT via that method, but to try to make things easier we have also put together a pre-built ova containing the nfdump distribution which you can download here.

I've not had chance to test the various implementation scenarios myself but in theory using the ova should make things somewhat easier to setup. I will try to carve out some time to do some testing in the lab and report back results asap

Darren, thanks for the reply and the information. I just imported the ova you gave me the link for. I'll give configuring nfdump a shot. I had installed and configured ntopng and nProbe late yesterday and pointed VMTurbo at it but it didn't seem to pick anything up from there either. I'll let you know how I make out with nfdump and if you have any config notes for me please pass them along.

I'm going to send you some internal notes that I've been given by email. They're a little out of date and could probably do with a refresh (another one for my list!) but they may help with setup. They don't refer to the ova distribution per se but do reference various nfdump commands and troubleshooting hints which I think you'll find useful.